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In this video, we will explore some of the most fascinating and mysterious fake towns in the world. What are fake towns, you may ask? They are places that look like real towns but are actually built for various purposes, such as testing, training, hiding, or deceiving. Some of them are so well-designed that you might not even notice that they are fake. Join us as we uncover the secrets of these fake towns and discover what they are really for. #brightside #brightsideglobal TIMESTAMPS: 00:09 Site-R 04:29 Sea without coasts 07:30 A town with disappearing people 16:11 A town that is a home to a mysterious statue This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00Behind those huge steel doors is one of the most guarded places on Earth.
00:05It's known as Site R, or the Raven Rock Mountain Complex.
00:09You'll find it in Pennsylvania. The construction is 60 stories underground.
00:13It is said to be a safe place for people in case of a natural or human-made disaster.
00:18There's not a lot of information online about this mysterious place,
00:22but what we do know is that it's equipped with 38 communication systems.
00:26It's obviously not available for visits via Google Earth.
00:30But you can catch a quick glance at the two gates that face the complex.
00:34Vatican City is one of the most famous enclaves on Earth,
00:38and it's certainly worth a visit due to its wonderful architecture and vast list of art pieces to check out.
00:44One place, however, will always be off-limits for visitors, the Vatican Secret Archives.
00:49They have some of the oldest and rarest books on Earth.
00:52These archives are available only to a limited number of people,
00:56and since they have been visited by a small number of people so far,
01:00they also trigger a lot of weird theories.
01:02For example, that there may be books proving there's life outside our planet.
01:07If you're fascinated by shipwrecks, you'll be interested to know
01:11that one of the largest wrecks you can see on Google Earth is on North Sentinel Island, India.
01:16It used to be called the SS Jacin.
01:19It was a Bolivian ferry that sank in the area back in 2003.
01:23The reason why people can't visit it physically isn't because of the ship itself,
01:27but because the island is home to the world's most dangerous tribe.
01:31We don't really know how many people live there,
01:33but it was estimated that between 50 to 400 people call this place home.
01:37And they really don't like tourists.
01:39No person that tried to reach them survived.
01:42Also, to protect them, their privacy, and their special status,
01:47the island is closely monitored by the Indian authorities.
01:50That's mostly because it's believed the locals don't have any immunity to modern diseases.
01:55So being in contact with foreigners might be dangerous for the tribe's people,
01:59since they've never seen the outer world.
02:02A huge pink bunny appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the Italian Coletto Fava Mountains back in 2005.
02:09Besides the locals, some people stumbled upon it online, too.
02:13They were puzzled by the discovery.
02:15Unfortunately, that 200-foot-tall bunny is completely gone today.
02:19You can still find the images of it online, though.
02:22The unusual object was designed by artists from Vienna.
02:26They encouraged tourists to climb, jump, or even take a nap on top of the large rabbit.
02:30The whole purpose of the project was to allow people to experience what it would be like to live as
02:35smaller creatures.
02:36The bunny didn't have any removal date at the time it was placed there,
02:40and was expected to last at least until 2025.
02:43But Mother Nature had other plans.
02:46A Japanese artist decided to move back to her little home village named Nagoro.
02:51But she soon found out that most of her neighbors were moving to bigger cities.
02:55To deal with loneliness, she started putting together scarecrow-like dolls,
02:59or kakashi, and placing them all over her garden.
03:03She didn't stop there, though.
03:04The artist soon began doing the same with many other places in her village,
03:08creating dolls and placing them as if they were taking part in various human activities.
03:13These dolls keep moving around, too,
03:15but the woman likes to stay true to her story and insists she doesn't touch them.
03:19You can see the images of this quirky village on Google Maps.
03:23This weird portal was discovered via online maps in New Baltimore, New York.
03:28It gave people all sorts of bad dreams.
03:31With spooky-looking buildings and all sorts of blurry figures,
03:35this area soon became a source for many weird internet theories.
03:38Turns out it was nothing more than a technical issue,
03:41which resulted in those images being rendered in a distorted manner.
03:45Either way, if you look for these images on Google,
03:47you won't be able to un-see them.
03:50This cute miniature world map was created by an artist from Denmark.
03:54He continuously worked on this tedious project from 1944 until 1967.
04:00Using mostly his hands and just a few tools for moving heavy rocks around,
04:04he gathered stones at the edge of the water,
04:06then recreated the map of the world on the surface of this lake.
04:09During the winter,
04:10he was able to use a sled to transport larger pieces of rock over the ice
04:14and then place them in the perfect position.
04:17Apart from the continents themselves,
04:19the map also features rivers and lakes,
04:21as well as some other famous landmarks.
04:24Care to have a look at a sea without any coasts?
04:27Search for the Sargasso Sea.
04:29You'll find it in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
04:31This weird sea is surrounded by four ocean currents and no dry land at all.
04:35It got its name from the seaweed that grows there.
04:38Sargassum.
04:40Fingerprints on the lens of a satellite camera?
04:42You may be tricked into thinking this if you search for the Finger Maze.
04:45It's located in the city of Brighton, UK
04:48and is a large fingerprint created in Hove Park.
04:51It also has a maze at the center.
04:53It can be really hard and time-consuming to look for wild animals on Google Earth,
04:58but the Geo Browser does have a nice feature
05:00that can help if you're eager to see hippos and flamingos in their natural habitat.
05:04Try googling animals from above and start scrolling through these images.
05:09This unique feature can take you from Kenya to Namibia
05:12and even all the way to Antarctica, where you can see emperor penguins.
05:16There are some places on Google Maps that, for specific reasons,
05:20aren't available for the online public, like the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
05:24If you head over there via Google Earth,
05:26you'll see that everything around the Dutch Royal Palace is still visible,
05:30like the vegetation and roads.
05:31But the construction itself is blurred from all angles.
05:34That's probably because local authorities want to keep the unique views of the palace
05:39for the eyes of physical visitors only.
05:41The same goes for the Tantaco National Park in Chile.
05:45This one is a privately owned nature reserve
05:47that can only be seen on Google Maps from a distance.
05:50Once you reach a certain point, the zoom feature stops working.
05:54Some people say that since it's a nature preserve,
05:56it may be home to some endangered species,
05:58and extreme measures are taken for their protection.
06:01You know how a certain brand of fried chicken has a certain kernel on their logo?
06:05Yeah, you won't see any of these logos in high resolution on Google Maps.
06:09That's because the online map uses specific algorithms
06:12to detect people's faces and blur them out.
06:15As you can see, it's not always really that accurate.
06:19It's called Snake Island,
06:21and the Brazilian authorities prohibit people from visiting it.
06:24For good reason.
06:25You'll find the island near the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
06:28It's said to be home to over 4,000 snakes.
06:32Some of the most venomous types of reptiles on Earth call this place home.
06:36If that's not creepy enough,
06:38how about that some of them are so dangerous
06:40that a small drop of their venom can permanently damage the human skin?
06:45You can see the shape of the island on Google Earth.
06:48But the more you zoom in, the blurrier it becomes.
06:51Here's another cool thing you can do on Google Earth.
06:54Time travel.
06:55Well, at least sort of.
06:56You won't be able to travel back in time
06:58and tell yourself to study more for that tricky exam.
07:01But you can see certain historical images of places you like.
07:04You can check if this feature works
07:06by looking at the upper left corner of the screen.
07:08If you can see a small icon with a clock,
07:11it may allow you to scroll some years back.
07:13But you can also see how sunlight affects Earth
07:16if you turn on the sunlight feature.
07:33Welcome to Nome,
07:34a small town located in the south of Seward Peninsula
07:37on the west coast of Alaska.
07:39If you live here, I'll bet you say
07:42there's no place like Nome.
07:44Well, maybe not.
07:45It's cold and snowy here,
07:47and no roads connect this town with other settlements.
07:50And with the onset of night,
07:52locals have disappeared here without a trace.
07:55Perhaps that's why only 3,500 people live here.
07:59Well, let's investigate this case.
08:03People disappear in cities for assorted reasons.
08:06But it was Nome who attracted the attention of the public.
08:09From 1960 to 2004,
08:12some 24 people went missing there.
08:14That number is statistically too big for such a small population.
08:18People just didn't come home in the morning,
08:21and no one knew what had happened to them.
08:24All the locals in small towns like Nome know each other.
08:27There are almost no strangers here,
08:29as it's difficult to get to Nome.
08:31There are no roads and no ferry crossing.
08:33All roads from Nome break off and lead to beautiful natural landscapes,
08:38unspoiled by human mammals.
08:41You can get there and back by plane.
08:43And this is not some passenger jet,
08:45but a small biplane.
08:47Another way to get there is by snowmobile.
08:49By the way,
08:50Nome is the ultimate point of the famous dog sled race,
08:53the Iditarod.
08:55Also,
08:56you can pay locals from neighboring villages and towns
08:59to bring you to Nome by motorboat.
09:01But despite this,
09:03the town has become quite famous.
09:05The frequent disappearance of people
09:07finally got needed attention.
09:09The whole world found out about Nome.
09:12And in 2009,
09:13Hollywood even made a movie about it.
09:16For a long time,
09:17no one could solve the mystery.
09:18The police had no clues,
09:20no witnesses,
09:22nothing.
09:22There are long,
09:23cold nights here in winter,
09:25and the air becomes so cold
09:27that a glass of water freezes in minutes.
09:30Snow can fall constantly.
09:32Therefore,
09:32if someone leaves the town at night,
09:34snow will sweep all traces away by the morning.
09:38Of course,
09:39people began to come up with their own theories.
09:41The most popular one was about someone
09:43who took people away by force.
09:47The police didn't find any evidence
09:50that some person could do it.
09:51So,
09:52if it's not a human,
09:54it could be some beast.
09:55And again,
09:56police found no evidence
09:58to support this version.
09:59After that,
10:01people started thinking
10:02that creatures from other planets
10:03caused these disappearances.
10:05Many locals were sure
10:07that the town was a popular destination
10:08for extraterrestrial spaceships.
10:11The plot of the Hollywood movie
10:13The Fourth Kind
10:13was based on this version.
10:15More time passed.
10:17Finally,
10:18the police and the FBI
10:19launched a large-scale investigation,
10:22and they uncovered the truth.
10:24They realized that the stories
10:26about missing people
10:27were exaggerated.
10:28The popularity of Nome
10:30and the constant talk
10:31about fantastic things
10:32made people believe
10:34in the reality of these versions.
10:36Now,
10:37let's assume
10:37that some of the appearances
10:38were made up.
10:39But still,
10:40many people are gone.
10:42What about them?
10:43The answer is bars
10:45and harsh weather.
10:46Entertainment venues
10:47are open at night.
10:49Some locals have fun,
10:50leave the bar,
10:51and go home.
10:52At this moment,
10:54a heavy snowstorm begins.
10:56Visibility drops to zero,
10:57and the strong wind
10:59knocks you down.
11:00This way,
11:01a person might simply get lost.
11:03And that's it.
11:04The truth turned out stranger
11:06than most versions.
11:15The Bermuda Triangle
11:17is a big area
11:18in the Atlantic Ocean,
11:19so the disappearance
11:20of ships and planes there
11:21seems not so surprising.
11:23But it's much creepier
11:25when it happens on a lake.
11:27Let's visit
11:28the Lake Michigan Triangle.
11:29It's located between
11:31Michigan and Wisconsin.
11:32For a couple of centuries,
11:34terrible things
11:35have been happening here.
11:36People put the same legends
11:38around this place
11:39as around the Bermuda Triangle.
11:41They reported
11:42unexplained phenomena
11:43and saw flying objects
11:45above the lake's surface.
11:46Some believe
11:47that the Triangle
11:48is a time portal.
11:50Of course,
11:51no theories
11:51have been confirmed,
11:52but strange cases
11:54have occurred
11:54on the Triangle territory.
11:56One happened in 1950
11:58when a Northwest Airlines
11:59plane with 108 passengers
12:01disappeared
12:02without a trace
12:03during a flight
12:04over the lake.
12:05Police officers
12:06saw a red light
12:07over the lake
12:07two hours
12:08after the plane's
12:09last communication.
12:11The aircraft
12:11probably crashed,
12:13but rescuers
12:14didn't find
12:14any passengers
12:15or wreckage.
12:16All that's left
12:17was just an oil
12:18stain on the water.
12:20Many ships
12:20and boats
12:21disappeared there,
12:22but one of the
12:23strangest cases
12:24occurred on April 28,
12:261937.
12:27It was midnight.
12:29One ship
12:29was sailing
12:30through this lake.
12:31Captain George Donner
12:32went to sleep
12:33in his cabin
12:34after a hard day's work.
12:35Three hours later,
12:37the vessel
12:37was approaching
12:38the port.
12:39One of the crew members
12:40went to the captain's cabin
12:41to wake him up.
12:42The door was locked
12:44from the inside.
12:45The assistant knocked,
12:46but no one answered.
12:48When he suspected
12:49that something
12:49had happened
12:50to the captain,
12:51the assistant
12:52unlocked the door.
12:53He got into the cabin,
12:54but there was
12:55no captain there.
12:56He seemed to have
12:57disappeared
12:58into thin air.
12:59The crew
13:00couldn't find him.
13:00Since then,
13:02the eerie disappearance
13:03of Captain George Donner
13:04remains unexplained.
13:07Meet David Politis.
13:09In 2008,
13:10he finished his career
13:11as a police officer
13:13and began to study
13:14the mysterious disappearance
13:15of people in Europe,
13:17the USA,
13:17and Canada.
13:19He found out
13:20that most people
13:21went missing
13:22in the U.S. national parks.
13:23Over the past
13:24150 years,
13:26more than 1,100 tourists
13:28have vanished there.
13:29Many of them
13:30were experienced travelers
13:31who knew how to survive
13:32in harsh, wild conditions.
13:34David has written
13:35about these
13:36mysterious vanishings.
13:37He pointed out
13:38that some of them
13:39didn't disappear,
13:40but were found alive.
13:42They woke up
13:42somewhere in the forest
13:43and didn't remember
13:45what had happened to them.
13:46The creepy detail
13:47of all these cases
13:48is that most missing persons
13:50were young.
13:52Another detail
13:53is that many
13:53went missing
13:54before hurricanes.
13:55There are too many riddles
13:57and not enough answers
13:58in this case.
14:01Then there's
14:02the Sargasso Sea
14:03in the northern part
14:04of the Atlantic Ocean.
14:05This is the only sea
14:06that doesn't have
14:07shores on land.
14:09It's called the sea
14:10only because
14:10it's defined
14:11by ocean currents.
14:13Also,
14:14golden brown algae
14:15grow in this area's bottom,
14:16making it seem
14:17like an orange spot
14:18in the middle
14:19of the endless ocean.
14:20The Sargasso Sea
14:22became famous
14:23because,
14:23in the 19th century,
14:25one of the most famous
14:26phantom ships
14:27in history
14:28sailed here.
14:29In 1872,
14:31a brigantine
14:31sailed through
14:32the Sargasso Sea.
14:33Its captain spotted
14:35another ship
14:36a few miles away.
14:37He lit a signal fire
14:38but received
14:39no response.
14:40Then the captain
14:41decided to sail closer
14:43to find out
14:43what had happened.
14:44On the hull
14:45of the mysterious ship
14:46was the name
14:47Mary Celeste.
14:48The captain
14:49of the brigantine
14:50and several crew members
14:51went on board.
14:52They walked around
14:53the deck
14:54and looked into
14:55the cabins
14:55and the hold.
14:56Everything was in place
14:58but there were no people.
15:00The cargo and barrels
15:01remained untouched
15:02so pirates
15:03didn't attack the vessel.
15:05The only damaged thing
15:06on the ship
15:07were the sails.
15:08They were torn to shreds.
15:10All documents
15:11except the logbook
15:12were missing
15:13from the navigator's cabin.
15:14The last logbook entry
15:16was added on
15:16November 24, 1872.
15:19The crew of the ship
15:20was never found
15:21and this was one
15:23of many cases.
15:24In the 20th century
15:26from the 60s
15:27to the 80s
15:28there were many reports
15:29of empty boats
15:30and yachts
15:31floating on the sea.
15:32Also
15:33some entire ships
15:34disappeared
15:35without a trace.
15:36All these cases
15:37still remain a mystery.
15:39According to one version
15:40the four-sided current
15:42forms water funnels.
15:44Whirlpools
15:44can quickly pull a ship
15:46into the depths
15:46of the sea.
15:47This explains
15:48the disappearance
15:49of boats
15:49but what about cases
15:51when the vessel
15:52is still on the water
15:53without a crew?
15:54Sometimes
15:55these whirlpools
15:56can create
15:56wind vortices.
15:57They're like
15:58little tornadoes.
15:59What if these
16:00whirlwinds
16:01are powerful enough
16:02to throw people
16:02overboard
16:03and tear the sails?
16:04Yeah
16:05the theory
16:06seems too fantastic.
16:08So
16:08what do you think
16:09happened?
16:11They used to call
16:12this island
16:13the Paris of the East
16:15mostly because
16:16it had beautiful
16:17buildings
16:17with large gardens
16:18and impressive
16:19stone archways
16:20but now
16:21it's nothing
16:22like it used to be
16:23with all the architecture
16:25almost entirely covered
16:26in tree roots
16:27and vines.
16:28Ross Island
16:29is a small territory
16:31in the Indian Ocean.
16:32It's located
16:33east of the Indian city
16:35of Port Blair.
16:36Though initially
16:37thought of
16:38as a jail
16:39Ross Island
16:40eventually became
16:41a luxurious resort
16:42for the local
16:43administrators.
16:44They called this island
16:45a real treat
16:46for its more
16:47privileged residents.
16:49It boasted
16:50opulent bungalows
16:51stained glass
16:52window panels
16:53brought all the way
16:54from Italy
16:54neatly kept gardens
16:56tennis courts
16:57and even swimming pools.
16:59Soon after the complex
17:00was closed
17:01in 1937
17:02a powerful
17:03earthquake
17:04hit the island.
17:05It caused
17:06a lot of damage
17:07making it
17:08even more
17:08uninhabitable.
17:09The island
17:10is now
17:11in the administration
17:11of India
17:12and has become
17:13a tourist attraction
17:14for people interested
17:16in abandoned towns.
17:18Pieces of German
17:19architecture
17:20still lie hidden
17:21in the Namibian desert.
17:22The city of
17:23Kolmanskop
17:24Namibia
17:25was a luxury
17:26location at its peak
17:27in the early 1900s
17:29when German workers
17:30settled here
17:31looking for diamonds.
17:33This abandoned town
17:34used to have
17:35everything
17:35from a ballroom
17:36to a hospital
17:37and even a bowling alley.
17:39It all started
17:40to decline
17:40somewhere in the
17:41late 1910s
17:42when another
17:43diamond-packed
17:44location
17:45was found
17:45nearby.
17:46So,
17:47most of the people
17:48living here
17:49moved,
17:50leaving everything
17:51behind
17:51in search
17:52of more money.
17:53Kolmanskop
17:54has since been
17:55slowly occupied
17:56by sand dunes,
17:57while the hot
17:58temperature
17:58and low moisture
17:59help to preserve
18:01the buildings.
18:01This ghost town
18:03is also available
18:04for visitors.
18:04If it sounds
18:05interesting,
18:06you can book a tour
18:07in the nearby town
18:08of LĂźderitz.
18:10Another abandoned
18:11castle dominates
18:13the view in
18:13Krakow,
18:14a city in Italy.
18:15The whole village
18:16sits atop a cliff
18:18that's 1,312 feet high.
18:20The founders
18:21liked this location
18:22since they knew
18:23it would be easy
18:24to defend themselves
18:25from unwanted guests.
18:27But the castle,
18:28built in the 1300s,
18:30soon became overwhelmed
18:32by landslides
18:33and earthquakes.
18:34Even though
18:34it has no residence
18:36anymore,
18:36the medieval city
18:37often comes alive
18:39during the various
18:40local festivals
18:40that take place
18:41here in the summer
18:42months.
18:43The locals
18:44also offer tours
18:45and tell amazing
18:47stories about the
18:48location.
18:49One of the highlights
18:50of the tour
18:50is a statue
18:51that seemingly
18:52came out of nowhere
18:53and now lies
18:54in a body of water.
18:56Hidden away
18:57in the Montana
18:58mountains,
18:59Garnet Ghost Town
19:00tells the well-known
19:01American story
19:02of the West's gold rush.
19:04The town's history
19:05goes back to the 1890s
19:07when they found
19:08a lot of gold
19:09in the Nancy Hanks mine.
19:11During its glory days,
19:13Garnet had almost
19:141,000 residents.
19:15Even though
19:16it's in a relatively
19:17secluded location,
19:19it had saloons,
19:20hotels,
19:21stores,
19:22a school,
19:22and other features
19:24of a regular
19:24little town.
19:25In 1905,
19:27when most of the gold
19:28had already been
19:29taken away,
19:30most mines
19:30were left behind.
19:31So only a couple
19:33of hundred residents
19:34stayed in Garnet.
19:35The final straw
19:36came in 1912
19:37when a fire damaged
19:39most of the town's
19:40buildings.
19:40So,
19:41by the 1940s,
19:43Garnet was
19:43completely abandoned.
19:45It soon became
19:45a hotspot
19:46for treasure hunters
19:47looking for furnishings
19:49and artifacts.
19:50That was until
19:51a preservation campaign
19:52started in the 1970s.
19:54It ended
19:55with the town
19:56being declared
19:56a historic district
19:58in 2010.
19:59To this day,
20:00Garnet is one of
20:01the best preserved
20:02ghost towns
20:03in the area.
20:05Hashima Island,
20:06is another
20:06abandoned location
20:08that tells us
20:09that when people
20:09leave,
20:10nature takes over.
20:11This mysterious
20:12place was even
20:13featured in a
20:14James Bond movie
20:15because of its
20:16ghostly landscape.
20:17It used to be
20:18a well-known spot
20:20in Japan
20:20for undersea
20:21coal mines
20:22as it was opened
20:23in 1881.
20:24In 1959,
20:26at its peak,
20:27there were over
20:285,000 people
20:29living here,
20:30including mine workers
20:31and their families.
20:32As soon as the mines
20:34started going dry
20:35sometime in 1970,
20:37people started
20:38to slowly depart
20:39the island,
20:39leaving it completely
20:40abandoned in 3 months.
20:42Even though nobody
20:44lives there these days,
20:45there are a lot
20:46of tourists here
20:47that drop off
20:48to wander around
20:49the abandoned homes,
20:50swimming pools,
20:51stores,
20:52and factories.
20:55Another town
20:56that started
20:56with a mining company
20:57back in 1881
20:58is Calico,
21:00California.
21:01People discovered
21:02the location
21:03was packed with silver,
21:04so it soon became
21:05home to over
21:06500 silver mines
21:08and 3,000 residents.
21:09It used to feature
21:11hotels,
21:12general stores,
21:13restaurants,
21:14and a school.
21:15There was even
21:15a local newspaper
21:16printed here
21:17called the Calico Print.
21:19But by 1986,
21:21the town had become
21:22empty.
21:23One of the former
21:24locals decided
21:25to buy it
21:26and began
21:27its restoration,
21:28making it
21:29a registered
21:29historical landmark.
21:31It even has
21:32a museum
21:32of the Old West
21:33available for tourists.
21:35One of the most
21:36interesting attractions
21:37that were rebuilt
21:38is the one-mile-long
21:40Calico and Odessa
21:41Railroad.
21:42It currently goes
21:43through the steep
21:44canyons and hills
21:45and even passes
21:46the old mines
21:47and buildings
21:48north of Calico.
21:50Approximately
21:50one-third
21:51of the town
21:51is original,
21:52while the rest
21:53consists of newer
21:54buildings
21:54that are replicas
21:55meant to recreate
21:56the spirit
21:57of its past.
21:58If you're a fan
22:00of cars,
22:00you might have
22:01heard of Henry Ford
22:02as the famous
22:03American industrialist
22:04who founded
22:05the Ford Motor Company
22:06in 1903.
22:08But in 1927,
22:09he began working
22:10on another one
22:11of his ambitious dreams,
22:14Fordlandia.
22:14It was supposed
22:15to be a massive
22:16rubber plantation
22:17located near
22:18the Tapajos River
22:19in Brazil,
22:20since he needed
22:21a reliable source
22:22of rubber
22:22for his car tires
22:23and hoses.
22:24His vision
22:25was to design
22:26a town
22:27complete with
22:27swimming pools,
22:28a golf course,
22:29living bungalows,
22:30and even weekly
22:31square dancing
22:32sessions for the locals.
22:33This project
22:35was unfortunate
22:35to begin with,
22:36since the local
22:37rubber trees
22:38soon got infected
22:39with leaf fungus.
22:40Even though Henry Ford
22:42invested a staggering
22:43$20 million
22:44into this potential
22:45income source,
22:46the town failed
22:47to produce
22:48the needed rubber.
22:49He had nothing
22:50left to do
22:50but to sell it
22:51to Brazil
22:51in 1945,
22:53and soon,
22:54it was completely
22:55abandoned.
22:56Many of its buildings
22:57are still standing
22:58but have been
22:59taken over
23:00by the surrounding nature.
23:01You can still see
23:02curious tourists
23:04wandering through it
23:05to this day.
23:06During its glory days,
23:08Hampi was the
23:09second largest city
23:10in the world.
23:11Looking at its ruins
23:12today,
23:13it's hard to imagine
23:14this Indian city
23:15used to be filled
23:16with temples
23:17and bazaars
23:18and that it served
23:19as an important center
23:20of the Mauryan Empire
23:21in the 14th
23:22and 15th centuries.
23:24It was destroyed
23:25in the 16th century
23:26but it still has
23:28beautifully preserved
23:29forts and markets.
23:30It became part
23:31of the UNESCO
23:32World Heritage
23:33in 1986,
23:34aiming to protect
23:35its buildings
23:36such as the
23:37Lotus Mahal,
23:38a stone structure
23:39that was carved
23:40to resemble
23:40a lotus flower
23:41opening to the sun.
23:43A tourist village
23:45was constructed
23:45back in 1920
23:47along the shore
23:48of Epiculin,
23:49a salt lake
23:50about 370 miles
23:51southwest of
23:52Buenos Aires
23:53in Argentina.
23:54It was designed
23:55to provide people
23:56with a busy city life
23:57a breath of fresh air
23:59near the restorative
24:00salt waters
24:00of the nearby lake.
24:02It was soon equipped
24:03with a railroad station
24:04and ended up
24:05having a population
24:06of more than
24:075,000 residents.
24:09The project
24:10was also destined
24:11to fail soon enough
24:12as the unusual
24:13amount of rain
24:14at that time
24:15caused Lake Epicuin
24:16to swell.
24:17In 1985,
24:19the water took over
24:20the local dam
24:21and the town
24:22was flooded.
24:23The waters
24:24were so deep
24:25that they even
24:26reached a depth
24:27of 33 feet
24:28in 1993.
24:29They only began
24:31to recede
24:31in 2009
24:32and left behind
24:33the remaining buildings
24:34literally
24:35encrusted
24:36in salt.
24:37No one came back
24:38to the town
24:39except for
24:40Pablo Novak
24:40who returned here
24:41back in 2012
24:43and was the only
24:44resident of
24:44Villa Epicuin
24:45at the time.
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